"Axis" is a lot less ambitious than its predecessor "Spin", but what it does it does well. It does not attempt to span decades of history, and so it avoids long stretches of tedium with which "Spin" is riddled. In "Axis" we don't have to watch the characters live their pedestrian lives while mysterious events unfold somewhere in the background. The ( Read more... )

On June 20th, 2006 FACT reading group discussed Robert Charles Wilson's book "Spin". Most of the people in the group finished the book, and most of the group read Robert Charles Wilson before. I took notes of the discussion.

First, the bad.

( Most readers did not like the protagonist and found other characters to be a cliche. )